For Telltale's attempt on a Monkey Island game, it wasn't a bad time. It had decent comedic events and the adventure itself was fun, it even had a few interesting puzzles, but there was a few... hiccups, especially with the bugs in the later chapters that slow you down (thank goodness for kind users on forums for solving these issues).
Pros:
You have to go in knowing this is a Telltale game, if you're used to their humor, it's a good time, they tried their best mix their kind of humor and what you'd normally expect from the LucasArts titles.
There's a ton of homages to the previous titles and cameos from the usual suspects, my personal favorite being Murray.
They did make some pretty clever puzzles that match Monkey Island really well for original puzzles, while borrowing some previous ones for past fans who would get the references.
Cons:
The dialogue tree was weak for jokes compared to previous titles and you couldn't speed through them if you accidentally clicked the wrong thing (or when you have leave and return to the court house over and over, normally that would all just skip forward once you had done the motions once or twice).
Elaine didn't feel as clever as usual, the ending kind of forced her to seem like she just knew everything she shouldn't, simply because she needs to think 20 steps ahead because she's married to Guybrush. She forces Guybrush to carry her wedding ring for the majority of the game for no real reason other than he lost his, he doesn't even wear it. You know it's for a puzzle, but it just felt forced. I feel like if her dialogue was adjusted a bit when giving him her ring and at the ending of the game, it would have been more fitting.
Unfortunately, Elaine was also overshadowed by Morgan LeFlay, Guybrush's fan/Elaine's love rival, who is another very capable, clever female in the pirating world, but has a bit more "strike first and ask questions later" personality which forces Guybrush to be the "wise elder", which is normally Elaine's role.
Telltale worked a little too hard on the Guybrush/Morgan chemistry, even with Guybrush always staying true to Elaine, to the point that you honestly feel bad for Morgan once she gets to know Guybrush better.
Then the ending itself just sharply cuts to the credits with a post-credit event teasing a likely sequel at the time (but of course, that didn't come into fruition).
Pros:
You have to go in knowing this is a Telltale game, if you're used to their humor, it's a good time, they tried their best mix their kind of humor and what you'd normally expect from the LucasArts titles.
There's a ton of homages to the previous titles and cameos from the usual suspects, my personal favorite being Murray.
They did make some pretty clever puzzles that match Monkey Island really well for original puzzles, while borrowing some previous ones for past fans who would get the references.
Cons:
The dialogue tree was weak for jokes compared to previous titles and you couldn't speed through them if you accidentally clicked the wrong thing (or when you have leave and return to the court house over and over, normally that would all just skip forward once you had done the motions once or twice).
Elaine didn't feel as clever as usual, the ending kind of forced her to seem like she just knew everything she shouldn't, simply because she needs to think 20 steps ahead because she's married to Guybrush. She forces Guybrush to carry her wedding ring for the majority of the game for no real reason other than he lost his, he doesn't even wear it. You know it's for a puzzle, but it just felt forced. I feel like if her dialogue was adjusted a bit when giving him her ring and at the ending of the game, it would have been more fitting.
Unfortunately, Elaine was also overshadowed by Morgan LeFlay, Guybrush's fan/Elaine's love rival, who is another very capable, clever female in the pirating world, but has a bit more "strike first and ask questions later" personality which forces Guybrush to be the "wise elder", which is normally Elaine's role.
Telltale worked a little too hard on the Guybrush/Morgan chemistry, even with Guybrush always staying true to Elaine, to the point that you honestly feel bad for Morgan once she gets to know Guybrush better.
Then the ending itself just sharply cuts to the credits with a post-credit event teasing a likely sequel at the time (but of course, that didn't come into fruition).